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HOTELS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2023
Overseas share of Japan hotel investments at highest level since 2014
Observers say a combination of low rates, the weak yen and market stability has made Japanese real estate attractive for global investors amid pervasive economic uncertainty.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2023
Hotels in western Japan urged not to request foreign residents' ID
The recommendation comes after a case in August last year in which a South Korean woman living in Osaka was asked to show her residence card ahead of a hotel stay.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 10, 2023
Police search Japanese inn that rarely changed hot-spring bathwater
Daimaru Besso, the inn in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, is alleged to have falsely reported to the prefectural government that it had changed the bathwater in the proper manner.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
Japan to extend domestic travel subsidy program beyond April
The program is aimed at bolstering the tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2023
New developments seek to turn Haneda Airport area into major business hub
Haneda Airport Garden and Haneda Innovation City are part of an attempt to draw new companies and visitors to the area around the Tokyo airport.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023
Shopping complex and Japan's largest airport hotel open at Haneda terminal
The full opening of the 12-story mixed-use development comes as Japan aims to welcome back inbound travelers after easing its border controls last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 10, 2023
Japan's domestic travel discount program is back. Here's what you need to know.
The discount program is expected to end in stages as each prefecture runs out of funds allocated from the central government, but it will likely last until the end of March.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2023
Japan to restart scaled-down domestic travel discount program
The maximum discount to be awarded per tourist, per night will be lowered from u00a511,000 to u00a57,000, including shopping coupons that can be used at places such as restaurants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 27, 2022
Toyama puts itself on Japan’s map of sustainable tourism
From traditional architecture and local folk crafts to impressive temples and a luxury hotel, Toyama's rural Tonami Plain is rich with culture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2022
Luxury hotel chain to open in Japan's highest building in 2028
The hotel floor area is expected to total around 21,400 square meters and will treat guests to a panoramic view of Tokyo Bay and Mount Fuji.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 14, 2022
Planning a trip to Japan? Here are a few key terms you can use at your hotel.
Hotel staff speak an honorific form of Japanese that isn't always the first thing taught to budding language students. However, understanding it can give an insight into the culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2022
Japan's lifting of COVID-19 entry cap may keep citizens wearing masks
Some fear that the first inflow of visa-free foreign travelers in more than two years could increase the spread of infections at home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2022
Japan to allow hotels to refuse guests without masks
The Cabinet has adopted a bill to allow hotels and inns to bar guests who don't have a valid reason for refusing to wear masks or take other anti-infection measures during epidemics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2022
Japan's largest airport hotel complex to open at Haneda in December
The facility will also comprise a large-scale conference hall, a shopping area, a bus terminal and an open-air bath with a view of Mt. Fuji.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022
Recovery of Japan’s inbound tourism likely muted without Chinese visitors
Beijing's 'COVID zero' policy restricts travelers from leaving China — far and away Japan's largest source of foreign tourist revenue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2022
Singapore sovereign wealth fund eyes Japan property deals as yen falls and tourists return
Hotels, resorts and inns in key cities are among the types of properties being evaluated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2022
Japan weighs plan for ban on hotel guests without masks
The government will submit a bill at an extraordinary session of parliament next month that would revise the law governing hotels and inns, a report said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2022
No experience, no resume, you're hired! Hotels fight for staff
Thousands of workers left the hospitality industry when international travel shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many chose not to return.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2022
Japanese inn retracts ban on Russians and Belarusians at urging of local officials
The inn, located in Shiga Prefecture, admitted that rejecting guests from the two countries was the wrong way to denounce Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2022
Seibu to sell assets including Prince Park Tower Tokyo to Singapore's GIC
Seibu aims to turn around its business as one of Japan's major railway and hotel operators, a sector that has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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